English Original:
the threads
of a thousand poems
dangle on
the tip of a crescent moon
over my attic
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
一千の詩の糸下がる三日月の先見えるなり屋根裏の上
Akita International Haiku Network (Oct. 30, 2010)
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
